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When was 'dude' first used?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

First attested 1883, "fastidious man," New York City slang of unknown origin. The vogue word of 1883, originally used as referent to devotees of the "aesthetic" craze, later applied to city slickers, especially Easterners vacationing in the West (dude ranch first recorded 1921).

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16y ago

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